WMOD00263 ‎(2)‎

• Applicant: CWCB
• Sponsor Name: USBR
• Project Name: Response to RFP
• Title: Numerical Simulations of Snowpack Augmentation for Drought Mitigation Studies in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
• Prepared For: USBR
• Prepared By: Joe Busto, CWCB
• Date: 8/20/2003
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Application

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Overview

The proposed research activities by the Colorado State University (CSU) team will be
funded through the Weather Damage Modification Program Grant received by the
Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
The detailed pricing information for the CSU Subcontract with the CWCB is attached.
All other costs (project management and administration, technical consultant, and
operational cloud seeding) will be covered by the CWCB and the Denver Water
Department (DWD).

Cost~ Covered by the 50-50 Cost Sharing Requirement

CWCB Project Management and Administration

Project Manager, Joe Busto: 1.0 month

Project Administration (Grant with Reclamation and Subcontract with CSU): 0.5 month

The total cost for these in-kind CWCB services would be approximately $13,000

CWCB Technical Consultant

Consultant, Curt Hartzell, CCM
Labor: 1.0 month (176 hours) at $75.00 per hour =
Travel: 2 trips to Denver at $504.00 each =
Computer charges for data/internet line =
Supplies (printer paper & ink, misc.) =
Subtotal

$13,200
$ 1,008
$ 26
$ 166
$14,400

Labor rate includes benefits, office overhead, administrative costs, and insurance. The
computer charge is $26 per person month (same rate as CSU). Travel is included for two
round-trips from Willmar, Minnesota to Denver, Colorado for the midterm and final
meetings. Personal owned vehicle mileage only is included at $0.28 per mile (same rate
as CSU). Mileage per trip is estimated at 1,800 miles. No per diem or lodging will be
charged, because he plans to stay with family in Colorado.

DWD Program Cloud Seeding Operations

Manager, Larry Hjermstad - Western Weather Consultants, LLC (WWC) is the
operational cloud seeding contractor for the DWD program that the proposed model-
based research is piggy-backed onto. This DWD program is estimated at $450,000 for
the 2003-2004 winter season. As part of this program, Larry will include the testing of a
currently utilized Seeding Response Model developed by WWC to evaluate operation-
seeding programs (see Section 2.3 in Technical Proposal).

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